Which side are you on?

But not this time! Epic Games and Microsoft are giving you the opportunity to allow the newest brother, Clayton, to survive a little longer! Starting July 29th, the Avatar Marketplace on Xbox Live will be selling t-shirts imprinted with either, “Save Carmine” or “Carmine Must Die.” Fans attending Comic-Con International in San Diego this week will also be able to cast their votes early by purchasing real life limited edition “Save Carmine” or “Carmine Must Die” t-shirts at the NECA booth for $20.00. Cheery stuff, no?

All proceeds go to Child’s Play Charity, a community-based charity founded by Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik of Penny Arcade. Child’s Play has raised millions of dollars to support sending toys, games, and consoles to more than 60 hospitals around the world.

To cast your vote, donate to charity, or learn more about Carmine’s fate, head to http://gearsofwar.xbox.com/carmine.htm

While I’m not a fan of buying avatar accessories, I have to support this. Child’s Play is great and I highly recommend voting if you like helping people or are passionate about Carmine’s life.

According to Gametrailers.com the upcoming game in the Fable franchise, Fable III, will also be distributed episodically through downloadable chapters. This is going to be done as a strategy to generate support for the game. Since the Fable 2 episodic plan managed to garner an extra $15 million in revenue for Fable II.

Just like the Fable 2 plan the first episode of Fable III will be  completely free, with the option to pay for the following chapter or the entire package. Molyneux is a big supporter of offering a free chapter over a simple demo as Molyneux was quoted below.

“It supports this freemium idea,” he said. “It gets around this horrible concept of demos. Anyone out there who thinks a demo is a good idea is crazy. It’s never a good idea, because demos are usually done at the end of a game and they require an enormous amount of design talent to make a demo. The other thing is you’re more likely to satisfying the curiosity of a user rather than entice them to play more.”

So Fable III will be distributed online, does that mean that a disc version will no longer be available? How do you feel about this episodic download ploy that game companies have been trying out?

Yep, you heard me right. Vacuums equipped with sawblades are the number one invention come September 28, 2010. Also, that’s the release date of Dead Rising 2, are you excited? I know I am.

It appears that Sonic 4 Episode 1 has already been leaked and is up on torrent sites for the XBLA version of the game. What is it with Sega and leaks as of late? We’ve all basically seen the entire game leaked in video by now and now we actually get the game. At least we’ll know if its worth buying before the reviews.

The game totals the small size of 169MB. Now hopefully Sega will release the game early instead of making us legit Xbox 360 owners wait another two months.

Good Morning and Good Afternoon everyone. In case you have been living under a rock for the past several months you might not know that today is the day Bungie flip the switch on the Halo Reach Beta. You want more information we hear you cry?

Here’s the official word from Bungie:

When does the Beta officially begin?
ODST owners will be able to access the Reach beta “late morning” PDT on Monday, May 3rd. Just put your ODST campaign disc in and select the Reach Beta menu option.

Unless you were one of the lucky thousands to already receive a code directly from Microsoft or Bungie or through the Halo 2 promotion you will need a copy of Halo ODST to access the beta when it is released.

Need more information? Watch the ‘Welcome to the Beta’ video at the top of this post, or catch it in our Youtube Channel.

Can’t wait? Check out our Reach Beta Gallery. See you in the Beta!

Call Of Duty: Black Ops has been confirmed as the next title in the highly popular and profitable FPS series.  The game is expected to ship on November 9th, 2010.  The game is also said to change the play style for a more covert approach with the situation set in the world of black ops; this will see you play and shoot behind enemy lines as well as trying to retrieve important intel.  There is no word on what the multiplayer will feature nor what the price will be, but the pricing will probably be similar to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.

It has been rumored for a while, and demanded for almost ten years.  Today, Capcom officially announced that there will be a new game in the Marvel vs. Capcom series: Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds.   More details, video and some character artwork after the jump!

It’s been almost a decade since the last installment in the series, and soon you’ll get another chance to mix and match your favorite Marvel and Capcom characters in what Capcom is calling  “a re-envisioned team fighting game for a new generation”.    In addition to an updated character roster and a stunning new “living comic book” art style, Marvel vs. Capcom 3 will be the first VS. Fighting game powered by Capcom’s MT Framework – the same framework behind Resident Evil 5 and Lost Planet 2.

The gameplay will feature the same  craziness you have come to expect from the series; 3 vs. 3 tag team fighting using signature aerial combos, hyper combos, assist attacks and other original systems.

“We are so pleased to be working with Marvel again. Marvel vs. Capcom 3 has been one of the most requested titles for us to produce by our fans,” said Christian Svensson, Corporate Officer and Vice President of Strategic Planning and Business Development at Capcom.  “Our Capcom development studio is creating the most epic fighting game ever developed and Marvel’s input into that process has been invaluable.”

Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds is scheduled for release in Spring of 2011 on Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.  Until then – check out the video and character artwork!

Click the thumbnails for the full-sized versions!

[Source: Capcom Press Release]

Seems like iTz Lupo isn’t so innocent after all, with his numerous hacking videos on YouTube now watch the unedited footage from his encounter with The Pro (Who personally we think is brilliant for clearing up Xbox Live of these idiots). Video after the break contains foul language and is definitely NSFW.

For those of you who bought Darksiders back in January, do you remember the card with the mystery code and in huge letters “DO NOT DISCARD”? Well for the people who wound up throwing out you’re really going to be kicking yourself in the head. THQ recently revealed that the code can be used to get a free copy of Red Faction: Guerrilla for either the PS3 or Xbox360.

With the download code you get:

There’s only one catch to this redemption, you have to pay money for shipping. You go on their website and enter the redemption code, choose which version of Red Faction you want (PS3 or Xbox 360), but then are prompted to enter credit card information to  pay for the extra shipping cost. Other than that this is a steal! If you were thinking about getting Red Faction in the past, and thought about buying Darksiders then why not get both for practically the price of one! It’s a great deal, and I’m sure that you’ll appreciate the it after you have both games in your possession and running on your consoles.

In an expected but none the less upsetting news Microsoft has confirmed that they are going to finally switch off online support for ALL original Xbox titles and the console it’s self on April the 15th. This move is not just going to affect people playing on the original xbox though, it is going to affect anyone playing any Xbox title even if they are being played on the 360 or are downloaded through the Xbox originals.

This is a bit of a shame but it was going to happen at some point. I myself am a little sad that I cannot play Halo 2 online anymore but I haven’t done it for a while anyway. How do you feel about this? Please tell us in the comments.